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Map of proposed impact area in Fulham

Drunken revellers could be barred from entire neighbourhoods rather than just individual clubs and pubs under new rules to combat alcohol-fuelled crime.

Hammersmith & Fulham council wants to ensure that people who are banned from one venue will be denied entry to all other bars nearby.

New laws, which are already being tested, are expected to be given the go-ahead next week.

It comes after residents around Fulham Broadway complained about binge drinkers fighting, being sick and urinating in their streets and front gardens.

Residents and the police will also be given the power to block licences for new venues and applications to extend opening hours.

At a council licensing committee meeting last Thursday, councillors unanimously supported the new cumulative policy for a "saturation zone" in Fulham Broadway.

Objectors will be able to tell the licensing sub-committee that they believe a new licence in this zone will cause trouble. The potential licensee would then have to explain how they would prevent that problem happening.

Existing licences for premises in the area would not be affected but applications to vary licences, such as extending opening hours, would be.

Under the new rules on rowdy behaviour, landlords and the police can ban anti-social drunks from all establishments in Fulham Broadway.

Councillor Greg Smith said: "Our residents have had enough of drunken idiots vomiting in their gardens, wailing like banshees on their way home and even having sex in their streets at night."

Eleven Pubwatch members, including Belushi's, The George and Fiesta Havana, have signed up to the agreement.

They notify police and the council when they ban an individual and it is up to the Pubwatch committee to decide how long the ban will last.

Ben Chapman, manager of The Elk Bar, said: "It will stop troublemakers coming to the area. The whole point is to have a domino effect on their night out, so that they can't just go to the pub next door and get away with it."

Neil Hulme, deputy manager of The George, said: "We get a lot of rowdy football fans down here and we need something to make people realise that they can't just be as drunken and abusive as they like in our pubs."

It is expected the full council will approve the scheme at a meeting on 27 January and it would come into effect immediately.

The council has also targeted off-licences selling strong and cheap alcohol. Last year five stores were ordered to stop selling beer, lager or cider with an alcohol content of 5.5 per cent or more.